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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1917

Page

3

Explain Act to Grain Men in Illinois and Missouri

About one hundred grain dealers from Illinois and Missouri heard U S grain standards act details from Rothrock of St. Louis at the Newcomb hotel. Meetings will continue in other state sections as officials outline dockage rules and grade classifications for hard red winter and other wheats. The act becomes effective July 1 for some wheats and August 1 for others, with dockage and percentage rules explained.

Daois and Missouri Grain Dealers’ Association Sxpersisor Rothrock St. Louis Newcomb Hotel Hlinvis Missouri F. P. Mulcahy Decatur D. L. Boyer St. Joseph Illinois United States Secretary of Agriculture Walla

Advertisers urged to craft entry for prizes

Readers urged to enter a business ad writing contest with fourteen prizes plus grand prizes. Mail replies by Tuesday noon. Names removed. entries judged on merit, regis ter numbers used to conceal authorship.

Ad Club

Nine divorce cases heard in circuit court

Nine divorce cases were heard in the circuit court Friday, with four continued, three contested, and two awaiting further action. Plaintiffs include Lydia Robertson seeking custody and Marcus Carr alleging adultery, while Mae Boesing, Cordelia Daniel, Ella Herrington, and others describe deserted, drunken, or abandoned marriages.

Circuit Court John Dullinger Minnie Dullinger Cornelia Sweet Harry Sweet Rosa Cline John Cline Mary A. Slater Joseph Slater Rebecca Bennett George Bennett Alta Kigeng Edward Kigens Fred Wiesemann Ethel Wiesemann Mae Boesing Frank Boesing Miller

Police Forge 10 Be City's Pride

Quincy will have a police force the city can be proud of, says Chief Louis Melton. He notes new appointees aim to strengthen the department under Mayor and city administration, with careful gradual changes to maintain morale and enforcement of laws.

Quincy Louis Melton Melton de Parone Oyor John A. Thompson

Local Personal Notices and Visits Around Quincy

Snyder's Taxi ad and a string of personal notices list names and addresses in Quincy and nearby towns. Masters Summers of 4 State Street is in Rock Island while relatives are listed, guests include Grover G High at 2004 Hampshire Street with L Jones and Emmett Jones of Kinderhook. Numerous visits from Missouri and Illinois residents are recorded, plus church preaching plans and summer teaching assignments at Millikin Conservatory and Macomb Normal.

Snyder's Taxi James Summers State Street Rock Island Willice Relatives Grover G. High Hampshire Street L. and Emmett Jones Kinderhook Stannus C. Penn Louisiana Quincey Elizabeth Martha Ann Roberts R. A. Roberts Palmyra Ella Cassady Ernest Dick Jacksonville Payson R. H. Hartley Presbyterian Church Mt. Sterling Presbyterian Church M. D. Montgomery W. T. Eddy Hannibal Fnday Stella Anderson Macomb Ruth Brown Decatur Millikin Conservatory of Music H. J. Leemhuis Hugo Schuessler Elizabeth Brunn Carl Brunn Sutter Miss Brunn Gem City Business College

Mary Colvin of Ursa Dies at 85

Mrs Mary E Colvin of Ursa died at Blessing hospital Friday night after complications and old age. Born in Kentucky 85 years ago she moved to Illinois at age two and lived there ever since. Funeral at 2 30 Sunday at the Christian church Ursa with burial in New Providence cemetery.

Mary E. Colvin Ursa Blessing Hospital Kentucky Illinois Christian Church John Ellison Ellington Township Amy McElroy Hutchinson Kane Thaddeus

Funeral for William Klusman Held at Home and Church

The funeral proceeded at 2 PM Friday afternoon at the Klusman home 713 Washington Street with private services, then at 2 30 PM at St Jacob Lutheran Church conducted by Rev. Klattenhoff. Miss Bessie Dean sang. Large attendance and attractive floral offerings accompanied the proceedings. Bearers were John Holzgrafe Henry Spilker J Philp Menke George Gabriel William Kinsmeyer and Rudolph Wilms. Burial followed at Woodland Cemetery.

William Klusman Washinngton Street St. Jacob Lutheran Church Klattenhoff Bessie Dean John Holzgrafe Henry Spilker J. Philp Menke George Gabriel William Kinsmeyer Rudolph Wilms Woodland Cemetery

Funeral services for Henry Freiburg and infant Helen Walz

Funeral for Henry Freiburg set for 8:30 in the morning at the home 1534 Oak and at 9 at St Francis Catholic church with burial in Calvary cemetery. Infant Helen Dorothy Walz died Friday at 6:45 at her parents home after a five day illness with spinal meningitis aged nine months eight days. Her funeral is at 1:30 at the grandparents home 620 South Twentieth and 2 at St Johns Catholic church with burial in St Boniface cemetery. Friends invited.

Henry Freiburg Oak Street St. Francis Catholic Church Calvary Cemetery Helen Dorothy Walz Louis Walz Bluff Road Margaret Henry Epping Daniel Walz South Twentieth Street St. John’s Catholic Church St. Boniface Cemetery

Funeral of George Stipe in Home Service

The funeral for George Stipe will be held at 1 o'clock this morning at the home 628 North Fifth street conducted by Rev. W. O. Shank. At noon the body will be shipped to La Grange Missouri for burial in Groverdale.

George Stipe North Fifth Street W. O. Shank la Grange Groverdale

Wife abuser jailed for six months in work house

Joseph Smith was convicted by Judge Reardon in police court of forcing his wife to meet men on the street and threatening to kill her. He received six months in the work house plus a $100 fine and costs, with possible charges of carrying concealed weapons and assault with intent to kill pending.

Joseph Smith Reardon Wheelock

Wanted: young woman for general house work at Prin cesa Candy Co

Classified notice seeks a girl or woman for general house work and another ad calls for a girl to work extra on Saturdays and Sundays, both applying at Prin cess Candy Co.

Princesa Candy Co Princess Candy Co

Clayton Mennab Thieves Of Auto

Keokuk police chief brought two Keokuk boys to Quincy to lodge them on auto theft charges after stealing the postmaster’s Ford runabout. Suspected by detective Leverson for a low sale price, the youths were arrested, identified as Taylor and Sento, and returned home. A gas trench accident near the Newcomb hotel burned Bert Welty’s hair slightly. Frank D. Whipp resigns from the Illinois State Board of Administration purchas ing department effective July 1 1917. H. H. Kohn of Anna to succeed.

Charles H. Henneman Keokuk Quincy Court House Clayton M. J. Leverson Coens Lippson Grubb Taylor Sento Fourth Street Newcomb Hotel Bert Welty Gas Company Welty Frank D. Whipp Illinois State Board of Administration H. H. Kohn Anna

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